The FFD committee is not trying to help regionals, it's trying to help regional pilots move to the majors. After two decades of trying to eliminate the regionals through scope and politics, ALPA and the ml MECs have figured out the best way to shift flying back to ml is through staffing. So the FFD committee has been set up to provide assistance to ALPA member regional pilots by offering seminars through Cage/Marshall, webinars and meet and greets, all at no cost. The ml managements have been impressed by the efforts and have now been involved as well. This may turn out to be the best way to the majors in the future, making WIA and OBAP obsolete since it costs the pilots and the companies nothing.

FFD has no intention of prolonging the life of the regionals, but is focused on moving ALPA pilots to the majors. If you want to support an organization that intends to secure your job at the regionals look to your own MEC...or even the RJDC. Most of us just want to move on and aren't worried about the state of the regional industry.